FSUIPC4-Lots of confusion on use/regestering

[OLDnFAT]

Pete; On the forums there seems to be a lot of confusion between verions and DLL's and also some on what needs to be registered and what will work without registration. - Could you clairify a few points with me?

Running FSXsp1 on main pc and DeLorme street atlas on the laptop.

OS is XPPROsp2 on both.

Using a DB9 serial null cable between COM1 of both PC's - Hyper terminal establishes a good session

All I want to do is fake 'street atlas' into thinking that there is a GPS attached to it - Settings support com 1 and a

host of GPS devices. I also have Mirosoft 'streets and trips' and Route 66 'route USA & Canada'

Downloaded and installed your FUIPC4 (4.2.0.0), and belive it or not read the MOST EXCELLENT users guide.

From that I assume, for my needs, I have to register ONLY wideFS. Is this correct?

Another confusion point - What needs to be installed, if anything, on the laptop?

Thanks in advance - OLDnFAT (Ken Baker - Granby Connecticut USA)

[Pete Dowson]

Pete; On the forums there seems to be a lot of confusion between verions and DLL's and also some on what needs to be registered and what will work without registration.

I've no idea where you are looking, but I've not seen any such confusion at all. But the answer is easy. No FSUIPC applications need registering provided you are using current versions of FSUIPC.

All I want to do is fake 'street atlas' into thinking that there is a GPS attached to it

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From that I assume, for my needs, I have to register ONLY wideFS. Is this correct?

How on Earth do you read anywhere at all that WideFS has any capability whatsoever to fake GPS output? You most certainly won't get that at all from WideFS. Please read the WideFS documentation -- it clearly and absolutely says that WideFS provides support for the FSUIPC interface -- i.e. for applications using FSUIPC -- across a NETWORK!

Your com link is not a Network and your "Delorme Atlas" or Streets and whatnot are most certainly not FSUIPC client applications! How do you come up with such an idea?

GPS output, oddly enough, is provided by GPSout, which for FSX is built into the User Facilities in FSUIPC4. To use them you need to pay for and register FSUIPC4.

There is an advanced facility in wideFS for receiving the output from GPSout and sending it to a serial COM port on the Networked PC, but this is most certainly not something your are needing as (a) you are not using a Network, and (b) you are linking the PCs with a serial cable, exactly as documented for use with GPSout.

Do you realise that neither of your actual questions seem to relate at all to your first statement about registration confusion!

Regards

Pete

[OLDnFAT]

Pete; thank you for the prompt reply. Printed and re-read the user guide (with a little more comprehension), Also the widefs one as well while awaiting your reply.

The confusion part was due to previous pre-FSX releases' for the most part and me trying to grasp a concept that until a few days ago didn't know existed. I asked one of those wouldn't-it-be-nice type of questions and was told to look into FSUIPC4. At 70 this brain isn't what it used to be, and I am not that comuter savy.

Those two facts aside, I'm sorry that I came across as inept.

I cetainly will register my copy of your program and take it from there. - I hope any future questions will make a litle more sense.